Prepping For A New Role: How To Learn To Be A Grandparent
December 4, 2019
The news has broken and now the wait is on: soon enough, you’re going to be a grandparent and going to take on a whole new role in life, both with your adult child and with…
Aging And Asking: Will You Need To Financially Support Your Aging Parents?
November 20, 2019
It could be an awkward conversation, one complicated by taboos around discussing money matters or confronting long-standing family baggage. But many of us will face this situation, either for ourselves or as the adult children of…
BFFs: Holding On To Friendships In Your Later Years
November 13, 2019
If you’re lucky, you may have one or two decades-long friendships (known in today’s world as BFFs, or Best Friends Forever) in your life. But as we age, few of us maintain a large group of…
Match Point: More Research On Marriage And Later Life
October 16, 2019
While we know that “gray divorce” is increasing in numbers, it’s also important to acknowledge the positive aspects of marriage in later life. New analysis from the Centers for Disease Control makes one thing clear: There…
Intense Or Estranged: What’s Your Grandparenting Situation?
September 25, 2019
Any of you who are grandparents likely understand that your relationship with your grandchildren is only as good as your relationship with their parents. Those who are close with their adult children are likely to have…
Reel Life: Films That Address Real Life Experiences Of Aging
September 11, 2019
It’s not uncommon for today’s movies to present stereotypical images and experiences of older adults on screen: Characters easy to ignore, or portraying faulty memories or cognitive decline, or even seniors dismissed as caricatures of real…
